Writing-position adjuster.



G. A. PAUST. WRITING iOSITION ADJUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2a, 1908.

945,026. Patented Jan. 4,1910.

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CHARLES A. FAUS'I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WRITING-POSITION ADJUSTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4, 1910.

Application filed November 23, 1908. Serial No. 4644035.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. FAUsT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Writing-Position Adjusters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device, for the use ofchildren or others who are learning to Write properly, that will inducea correct position of the fingers and the hand to the end that thepupils will find the correct position more natural to them than acramped position usually met with beginners in writing.

Reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is aview of an incorrect writing position usually assumed by beginners. Fig.2 is the correct position for writing induced by my invention. Fig. 3 isthe plan of my device. Fig. 4 is a detail of the adjustment for theguiding leg. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device. Fig.6 is a cross section on line 6-6 of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a View showing howthe invention prevents one class of bad positions.

In the drawing A indicates the simplest form of my invention and it iscomposed of a metal clip or tube that slides neatly and closely upon theend of a pencil or pen and is retained in place by frictional contact.This tube A is provided with a point B,

' which may be adjusted when required so far down as to make writingunsuccessful, as shown in Fig. 7, except when the writing instrument isinclined backward like the correct position shown in Fig. 2.

On the side of the tube A there is a projection D here shown as madeintegral with the body of the tube but it may be made in any suitablemanner. The purpose of this projection is to keep the fingers fromgetting down too closely to the end of the pencil or pen and also toprevent an inclination of the writing instrument too far sidewise, inwhich event, the end D would ride on the paper and cause the writingpoint to lift off the paper when the sidewise limit of inclination wasreached.

On the top of the tube A there is a finger tip rest or socket E whichinvites the attention of the beginner so that he instinctively puts thefinger into this socket or rest and thereby assumes the correct writingposition at the start. This finger tip seat E is located the rightdistance from the writing point, a great desideratum for when thewriting instrument is gripped too near the writing end, the fingers shutout the view of the writing and to see what is being written the hand isturned over too far, crowding the fingers under the hand producing acramped, disastrous position.

It may at times be desirable to adjust the length of the leg D longer orshorter and to that end I make an adjustable extension F which slidesover the leg D and is retained in any given position by means of indentsG which are made male and female in the piece F and leg D and are heldtogether by the elastic embrace of the sides H of the piece F.

With this device the student is induced to assume the correct writingposition which in a short time becomes the natural one and thereafterthe device is not needed.

In the event that the student persists in using the pencil or pen in theposition of Fig. 1, my device may be so adjusted to the full downwardlimit on the writing instrument that the point B will come in contactwith the paper slightly in advance of the writing point of theinstrument and then in order to write at all the pencil must be inclinedbackward approximately to the position shown in Fig. 2, and thisarrangement of the point B is provided for just such a case, but inordinary practice generally it will not be found necessary to adjust thedevice down upon the pencil so far.

The tube A is here shown as made of a single piece of sheet metal outout the proper shape and bent into the required shape but its clasparound the writing instrument is not complete but a little space is leftat the joint to allow an elastic grip on the pencil or pen.

Any suitable attachment may be made instead of the tube A for thewriting instrument so long as the results 'are obtained for producingthe correct position as above described.

lVhat I claim is 1. In a device of the class described, a spring clampadapted for adjustment along the lower end portion of a writingimplement and provided with an unyielding projection normally in frontof the writing point and at a short distance from the paper when theimplement is properly held.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a tube adapted to slideupon and grip a pencil, or the like, and provided with 1 an armprojecting from its right side to rest at a distance from the writingpoint upon the writing plane, and further provided with a projectionadapted to be adjusted to a position immediately above and in front ofthe writing point when the device is properly inclined for Writing;whereby the projection meets the paper and the pencil is held above thepaper when the pencil is in approximately vertical position.

3. In devices of the class described, a spring sleeve adapted foradjustment along the lower body portion of a writing implement andhaving an arm projecting from its right side to rest upon the paper nearthe line of writing and at a distance from the writing point, furtherhaving upon its upper side a cup for the finger tip, and also having apoint normally slightly above the paper and in front of the writingpoint when the implement is used in proper position.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name at the city ofChicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois on this 10th day ofNovember, 1908, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES A. FAUST.

Witnesses JOHN GRANT, TV.v O. BREWSTER.

